Blue Blood

Trooper Lyle Fredrick Wohlers, of the Colorado State Patrol was gunned down in a traffic stop on I-70 near Georgetown on November 5, 1992. During the stop he requested backup, which arrived after his death. The shooter recieved 32 years. His son David Wohlers went on to serve as Chief of Police in neardy Idaho Springs (population 1,889), a 7-man police department.